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The Dead of Night (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, #3) QUOTES

The Dead of Night (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, #3) QUOTES

1 " Mrrrp?
To anyone else in the Cahill universe, the high-pitched sound of the pet Egyptian Mau had a hundred different meanings: the playful mrrp, the I-want-red-snapper mrrp, the that-wasn't-enough-red-snapper mrrp, the thank-you-for-the-meager-portion-of-red-snapper mrrp. And on and on.
But to Ian Kabra's ears, each was the I-hate-you-with-all-my-soul mrrp. "

― Peter Lerangis , The Dead of Night (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, #3)

2 " Dan watched in awe. "I didn't know you talk Turkey."
"I speak Turkish. "

― Peter Lerangis , The Dead of Night (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, #3)

3 " Daniello, you do not like the bread? Eat! ...per favore, have some pasticcio di gnocchi alla boscaiola!"
"As long as you don't ask me to repeat the name," Dan replied.
Luna Amato chuckled. "Charming boy."
"Handsome, too," Dan said. "

― Peter Lerangis , The Dead of Night (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, #3)

4 " In a whirlwind, Reagan quickly knocked off fifty more push-ups, flipped, and did thirty crunches, then turned and landed a kick that dented the metal door. "I'm feeling sick, too, and look at me. What if Babe Ruth had said 'Time to Rest'? Or Michael Phelps? Or Neil Armstrong? Come on, guys–what are we?"
"Hungry," Natalie said.
"Sleepy," Alistair added.
"Grumpy," Fiske said.
"Sneezy," Phoenix piped up.
"Shot," Nellie said. "

― Peter Lerangis , The Dead of Night (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, #3)

5 " Once apon a time, Ian's dark, dreamy eyes had made her melt inside. The angle of his head, the wrinkle in the left corner of his lip—they'd obsessed her. And he'd been obsessed right back.
Now all Amy wanted to do was throw her shoe at the screen. "

― Peter Lerangis , The Dead of Night (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, #3)

6 " The roar of an engine blasted from his left—and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle with flame decals jumped the sidewalk in front of him.
A small crowd of travelers scattered.
"How do you say, 'You jerk!' in Turkish?" Jake asked.
"Erasmus!" Dan cried with relief.
Jake balled his fist angrily and shouted, "Erasmus!" "

― Peter Lerangis , The Dead of Night (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, #3)

7 " When we grow up," she said, "we'll have amazing families. Our dens will be better than this. Your kids and my kids will play together in a humongous room with every kind of toy and game."
"Except I won't have kids," Dan said. "I'll come over myself and play... "

― Peter Lerangis , The Dead of Night (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, #3)

8 " Did you hear that?" Casper said.
"Bats," Cheyenne replied.
Casper gasped with horror. "You know I hate bats," he hissed.
"Bats bats bats bats bats," Cheyenne said.
"Stop it! We're not kids anymore!" Casper shouted.
"This way, Braveheart. "

― Peter Lerangis , The Dead of Night (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, #3)

9 " Who needs bread crumbs," Dan replied, "when you have GPS? "

― Peter Lerangis , The Dead of Night (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, #3)

10 " You'll be boarding the nine twenty-one commercial flight as Shirley and Roderick Cliphorn."
"Roderick Cliphorn?" Dan groaned. Only someone with a name like Sinead Starling would have considered that normal. "

― Peter Lerangis , The Dead of Night (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, #3)

11 " Cheyenne snatched back her phone. "Someone took her brave pills today."
"And washed them down with stupid juice," Casper added, cocking his gun. "

― Peter Lerangis , The Dead of Night (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, #3)

12 " Dan was heading for the blue car in the driveway. He tossed Amy the car keys. "Don't drive like you! Make it fast! "

― Peter Lerangis , The Dead of Night (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, #3)

13 " You guys are related to Jonah Wizard?" Jake asked, his lip curled disdainfully.
"And the other guy," Dan grumbled. "Vin Diesel's stunt double. "

― Peter Lerangis , The Dead of Night (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, #3)

14 " The old lady told us "Do not wake Ruhan'," Jake replied, "but who knew Ruhan was a chimpanzee? Apparently I said something that sounded like 'I ate your bananas' in Estonian. "

― Peter Lerangis , The Dead of Night (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, #3)

15 " Come on, guys - what are we?"
"Hungry," Natalie said.
"Sleepy," Alistair added.
"Grumpy," Fiske said.
"Sneezy," Phoenix piped up.
"Shot," Nellie said. "

― Peter Lerangis , The Dead of Night (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, #3)

16 " Gooooood afternoon, this is meteorologist Sandy 'the Breeze' Bancroft, with Disaster Watch! We're reporting live from the ultimate death-doom-and-destruction destination - that's right... Pompeii! "

― Peter Lerangis , The Dead of Night (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, #3)

17 " Look, Abdul. Star number one thousand! Woo-hoo! Stale orb! - Dan "

― Peter Lerangis , The Dead of Night (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, #3)